Tuesday, March 13, 2012

We're very proud of and honoured by our partnership with Central Toronto Community Health Centres, which is home to both Queen West Community Health Centre and Shout Clinic in downtown Toronto's original Queen West neighbourhood.

Over the past two months, we've met with more than 150 project contributors to: inquire and listen; brainstorm ideas, themes, and motif; and experiment with visual expressions using simple materials and accessible approaches to art making. This arts-based participatory research is an important part of a consultation process that will ultimately shepherd us toward the conceptual development of a design that reflects project contributors and the communities that intersect at the centre, and the artistic, aesthetic, and cultural traditions found in neighbourhood including Anishinabe, Chinese, Portugeuse, graf/street art, and punk.

Join us at an upcoming community meeting (atCentral Toronto Community Health Centres, 168 Bathurst Street just south of Queen) if you would like to contribute to the creation of this new artwork:

March 14th, from 2 pm to 4 pm

March 21st, from 5 pm to 7 pm

April 4th, from 2 pm to 4pm

Snacks and TTC tokens available.

Red Dress Productions and Central Toronto Community Health Centres gratefully acknowledge the support of the citizens of Ontario through the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto Public Realm, Transportation Services, and the TD Bank Group.

Please visit the CTCHC page (soon to be posted at the top of this view) where you'll find our open studio schedule and project credits.

Open studio will be located on the centre's 1st floor where we'll build this new collaborative public artwork from April to June.

Sounds Siren Red, workshop production in December 2004 (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre) : Sounds Siren Red, full professional production in January 2006 (Alchemy Theatre) ; Sounds Siren Red tour: Victoria, Vancouver, Kingston, Boston and Seattle ; The Acting Out Against Violence Project, a multi phase Ontario-wide public education arts initiative in partnership with Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, and the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres ; State of the Queer Nation, staged reading in February 2008 (Buddies in Bad Times Theatrre) ; Never Man’s Land, full production in February 2008, Alchemy Theatre ; Still Breathing Fire, full production in July 2008, Vancouver’s 10th Annual Pride in Art Festival.

Camilleri and Whiston have collaborated on many community art projects since 2004, including Central Toronto Youth Services’ Gender Play Theatre Project for 6+ years as Artists in Residence.